Pharmaceutical industry-sponsored clinical trials have been in the news lately. (See recent post on the Jupiter trial.)

Mass Eye and Ear tweets a link to a company press release on the FDA approval of a tiny telescope prosthesis that can be implanted inside the eye.

“This is truly a breakthrough technology for AMD patients as their treatment options have been limited until now,” said Kathryn A. Colby, M.D., Ph.D., ophthalmic surgeon at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston and an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School.

Note, as the press release did not, the Dr. Colby conducted the company’s test of the surgical technique used to place the telescope. The company’s role was clearly identified in this study.

https://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/visioncare/44353/